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VOL. 65; NO. 52
Local PMA Election,
Cotton Referendum
Set for Vole Today
Farmers have been asked to
“make their voices heard” at the
polls today in the election
of local farmer committeemen
to administer the national farm
programs next year. Elections
are being held in the agricultur
al communities in the county.
At the same voting places, cot
ton farmers will also decide in a
referendum whether or not mar
keting quotas will be used for
the 1950 cotton crop.
In issuing the appeal for
farmers to go cast their votes in
today’s elections, T. R. Breed
love, chairman of the State Pro
duction and Marketing Admin
istration Committee, said:
■‘Farmers are again faced with
the necessity of'adapting their
operations to changing condi
tions. A great deal of this ad
justment will be accomplished
with the help of the national
farm programs which the com
mitteemen elected today admin
ister in their local areas. Only
the ablest and most representa
tive men can properly do the
job. and it is up to farmers to
see that such men are elected.”
Farmers participating in to
day’s elections will elect three
local committeemen and two al
ternates and also name a dele
gate to the county convention
where county PMA committees
for 1950 will be chosen. These
committeemen will serve one
year, unless re-elected.
Any man is eligible to vote to
day if he was owner, operator,
tenant or share - cropper on a
farm taking part in the agricul
tural conservation program,
price supports, loan and pur
chase agreements or the Federal
Crop Insurance program during
the past year.
West S’ville Church
Has Special Program
’ The Babe of Bethlehem” will
be presented at 8 p. m. Tuesday,
Dec. 20, at the West Summerville
Baptist Church, it was disclosed
this week. ■ * •
The public is invited to at
tend this special Christmas pro
gram.
Cantata Planned By
Trion Methodists
A musical program, “Child of
Bethlehem," will be presented at
7:30 p. m. Sunday at the Trion
Methodist Church.
Carliss Buice, chorister: and
Mrs. Buice, pianist, are direct
ing the cantata.
BENEFIT MOVIE
GREAT SUCCESS
It looks as though Santa
will visit every child in Chat
tooga County this year.
At the benefit movie held
Wednesday at the Tooga
Theatre, more than 1,200 chil
dren brought gifts for the
needy children. The price of
entrance was a toy.
“This will be an annual af
fair.” said Luther Smith, thea
tre manager.
It was sponsored by the
theatre, the American Legion
and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Anyone knowing of children
whom Santa would not other
wise visit, should call Mrs.
Fowler, Phone 239.
-HERE ’N THERE-
Jack Kenneth Webb, VSN, son
of Colonel and Mrs. Thruber
Webb, of Cloudland, was recent
ly advanced to fireman while
serving aboard the submarine
USS Sea Dog.
After Joining the Navy in No
vember, 1949, Webb completed
his recruit training at the Naval
Training Center. San Diego.
Calif.
Webb was graduated from
Menlo High School in Menlo, be
fore being accepted for enlist
ment In the Navy.
The American legion Poet 1 ri
will meet at 7:30 o’clock this
evening at the Memorial Home.
Lyerly Lodge 338, F. and A. M,
will meet at 8 p. m. Saturday.
Officers fill be elected at this
incetbig.
A square dance will be held at
the Memorial Home at 8 p. m.
Saturday. Joe Laws will provide
the music.
The Lyerly and Cedartown In
dependents will clash on the
Lyerly court at 8 o’clock tonight.
Bnmmrrinllr Nms G "J
MOST SCHOOLS
CLOSE FRIDAY;
RESUME JAN. 2
All schools in the county, with
the exception of two, will close
Friday for a two-weeks holiday,
according to C. B. Akin, County
School Superintendent.
Subligna School will close Fri
day, Dec. 23, while Gore will
close Thursday. Dec. 22
All schools will resume classes
on Monday, January 2.
LYERLY TO ELECT
OFFICIALS JAN. 9
The election for Lyerly city
officials will be held Monday,
January 9. it was announced
this week.
The qualification fee for may
or is $5 and for councilman is
$2.50. The qualification dead
line is Monday, December 26,
according to H. L. Abrams, town
clerk. No one had qualified Wed
nesday, Mr. Abrams stated.
Present officials of the Town
of Lyerly are as follows: B. N.
Chapman, Mayor; George Sit
ton, Robert Kimbell, J. S. Owens,
and J. A. Thomas.
No New Candidates
In City Eleclion
No other candidates have an
’ nounced in the Summerville City
election, which will be held Jan
| uary 7.
The qualification deadline is
Friday, Dec. 23.
J L. McGinnis is the only per
son to have announced his can
didacyfor the mayor’s post.
Candidates for the post of
Councilmen include Joe Rag
land and W. H. Dean. Ward 1;
Thomas M. Christian and Dr. B.
Levingood. Ward 2; A. F. Mc-
Curdy, W. S. Sitton and Luell
McGinnis, Ward 3; and W. G.
Rutherford, Ward 4.
INFANT ROWLLS
DIES WEDNESDAY
George Winston Rowlls, infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Rowlls,
died at 8 a. m. Wednesday in
Trion.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by three sisters, Evelyne,
Mildred and Brenda Rowlls: one
brother, William Rowlls, all of
Berryton: grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Rowlls, of Trion.
Graveside services were held
at the Berryton Cemetery, at 11
a. m. Thursday with the Rev. H
M Duck officiating.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
John Inman West, 81
Succumbs to Illness
John Inman West. 81, passed
away Monday, Dec. 5, at 9 a. m.
after a lengthly illness. He is
! survived by two daughters, Mrs.
M. C. Hooper and Mrs. S. E.
(Blythe both of Ft. Worth, Texas;
three sons. Grover West, of Sum
merville; Hugh West, of Valdos
i ta, Ga.; and Earnest West, of
Atlanta; one brother. W. H.
West, of Seddan, Ala. Fourteen
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the Trion Methodist
I Church Wednesday with the Rev.
I Frank Prince officiating.
A regular convocation of Trion
Chapter. No. 19, R. A. M., will be
held at 7:30 p. m. Saturday.
All R. A. M.'s are Invited. An
election of officers for next year
will be held.
The Chattooga Fair Associa
tion will meet at 1 p. m Satur
day Dec. 17 at the courthouse.
Officers and directors will be
elected.
The Rev. Harry Foster, Pastor
of the Summerville Presbyterian
Church, will conduct a religious
service at 3 p. m. Sunday nt the
Walnut Grove Presbyterian
Church.
The public is invited.
Regular services will Ac held
nt the Subligna Methodist
Church. Sunday, Dec. 18. Preach
ing will be at 11 a. m and 7::30
P m
There will be services at Fish
ier’s Chapel at 3 p m. Sunday,
Dec. 18
The second quarterly confer
j ence will be held at the Pleasant
Hill Church at 730 p m.
Wednesday, Dec 21
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1949
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YOUNG MODELS-—These fashionably dressed misses were among the models in the style show pre
sented by the Summerville F. H. A. Club Thursday. They are, left to right, Catherine Skelton. Vir
ginia Teems, Martha Tutton, Dorothy Brogdon, Charlotte Elrod. Elaine Hemphill, Dorothy Ham
mond and Jane Stephenson.
More tellers To
Be Acknowledged
In Seal Sale Here
County residents have re
sponded generously to the 1949
Christmas Seal Sale, but there
are still some Seal Sale letters
to be acknowledged, according
to Mrs. O. L. Cleckler, county
Seal Sale chairman.
“With only 10 days remaining (
until the official close of the
campaign, we are hoping that
those who haven't done so will
send in their returns immedi- ;
ately so that we may achieve
our goal of $2,000,” said Mrs.
Cleckler. “I wish to point out
again that our goal represents
the minimum needed to carry
on the services of the Chattooga
Tuberculosis Association during
1950.”
The 1949 Christmas Seal Sale
opened on Nov. 21 and officially
closes on Christmas Day. Chat
tooga County’s Seal Sale is part
of the 43rd annual nation-wide
1 appeal of the voluntary tuber-
I culosis associations to fight tu
berculosis.
“Even though we are still ap
proximately $1,300 short of the
goal, we are confident that we
shall reach it and that we shall
therefore be able to carry out
our plans for 1950,” Mrs. Cleck
ler added.
IJ. H. STOKES, 75,
DIES SATURDAY
Joe Henry Stokes, 75. died at
his residence in Summerville,
at 8:45 p. m. Saturday.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Henieretta Ursy,
lof Rome; Mrs. Lena Rosson, of
j Summerville; and Mrs. Mary
Ruth Robinson, of Rome.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the South Carolina
Camp Ground Church at 11 a.
( tn., Monday with the Rev. A N
I White officiating.
Pallbearers were: Y. M. Gilmer.
G. W. Rosson, Paul Mount, J. R
Rosson, Ernest Spraggins and
Homer McCollum.
Interment was in the church
cemetery. The J. D Hill Funeral
Home, of Summerville, was in
charge of arrangements.
BAPTIST PASTORS
MEET MONDAY
The Chattooga Baptist Pastors
। Conference will be held at 6:30
lp. m. Monday, Dec. 18. at the
Pl nnville Baptist Church.
A fellowship supper will be
| given by the ladies of the church
for the pastors.
An interesting progrum has
been planned following the sup
per. and leaders said is Is im
portant that all pastors attend.
MENLO P.-T. A.
MEETS DEC. 5
The Menlo Parent-Teacher As
sociation held its regular meet
ing Monday. Dec. 5. at the school
house.
The sixth grade room again
won the honor banner for hav
ing the most representatives
। present.
The membership drive culmi
nated in a party given by the
defeated group.
; After several games were
played the group was led to the
school lunch room which was
decorated with the season’s
colors of red and green. Sand
wiches. tea and fruit cake were
! served to the group
$4,530 PAID TO COUNTIANS
BY S. S. A. DURING MONTH OF JUNE
[“Monthly benefits totalling $4.-
530.00 were paid to Chattooga
residents of Georgia in Federal
Old-Age and survivors Insurance
payments in the month of
June,” Welch Ray. manger of the
Rome Social Security Admin
। istration field office announced (
; yesterday.
Although 2,441 residents of the
seven counties, Bartow, Chat- 1
j tooga. Floyd, Gordon, Haralson,
Paulding and Polk, served by Mr. 1
(Ray’s office are drawing $37,-
(035.00 monthly, he is concerned
over the fact that many others
(are losing benefits because they
failed to file a claim for them.
He emphasized the fact that
(payments under federal old age
isuvivors insurance are not auto
matic. A claim must be filed
with the Social Security Admin
istration before payment can be
made.
With the United States well j
into the reconversion period. (
the Social Security Administra
(lion has not experienced as:
great an upsweep in the num
ber of claims filed as some peo
ple had predicted for the period
when the high employment of
the war years began to drop off
Mr. Ra\ pointed out, however,
(that there are many people who
would be drawing old-age and
survivors insurance payments if (
they realized that they were ■
eligible. His belief is borne out,
by the fact that a substantial (
number who do not file a claim
find that they have lost at least,
one month’s check by not filing’
promptly.
For the nation as a whole in (
the month of June the Treasury;
Department paid out $51,520,000
in monthly benefits under this!
program. Mr. Ray explained that i
this total was the amount ac
tually paid during June. Many
others have filed claims and
would be receiving monthly pay
ments if they were not earning
more than $14.99 a month in
jobs in commerce or industry.
EXAMS FOR WEST
POINT, ANNAPOLIS
ARE ANNOUNCED
The U. S. Civil Service Com
mission will conduct a Congres- (
sional examination for designa
tion to the U. S. Military and
Naval Academies on Monday.
January 16. for the Seventh Dis
, trlct of Georgia. Candidates
temporarily absent from their
own Congessional District may
be examined elsewhere, at such
examination points as may be
desired.
The examination is open only
। to candidates designed by Mem
bers of Congress. Therefore, any
young man between the age of
17 and 22 years who wishes to
take this examination should
notify Congressman Henderson
l Lanham. P O. Box 308. Rome,
'or Suite 109. House Office Build
ing. Washington, D. C„ before
December 22nd. 1949, so that he
can make arrangements for all
Interested young men to take the
examination.
Christmas Dance
To Be Held Thursday
A Christmas dunce will be held
from 9 until 1. Thursday. De
' ermber 22. at the Memorial
Home, it was announced this
■ week by the House Committee,
5 of the Veterans of Foreign W 4 irs
and American Legion
Dress for the occasion will be
I optional and tickets may be pur-1
chased In advance at a special
price.
Final Riles Held for
Andrew Williams, Sr.
Funeral services for Andrew
M. Williams. Sr.. 47. of Summer- (
ville, who died at 6:30 a. m. Sun- (
day. were held at 3 p. m. Mon- |
day at the Sunlmerville Baptist (
Church. The Rev. H. R. Foster I
officiated, and interment was in (
the Summerville Cemetery.
Mr. Williams died at a Chat
tanooga hospital after a linger
ing illness.
He was born April 16. 1902, in
Trion, son of the late A. F. Wil
liams and Martha R. Land Wil
liams. Since early manhood he
had been a member of the Trion
Baptist Church. He also was a
member of the Masonic Lodge
and was a Councilman for the
( City of Summerville.
From 1914 until 1937, Mr. WU-
I liams was engaged in business ;
।in Trion. In 1937 he came to I
Summerville where he was in (
the grocery business until his (
retirement in May of this year.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. I
Andrew Williams, Sr., one daugh- (
ter. Miss Marisue Williams, two j
sons, Andrew, Jr. and Jimmie
Williams, all of Summerville; i
i three sisters. Mrs. Walter R.
(Williams, of Trion; Mrs. U. N.
Howell, of Rome; and Mrs. R. S.
(Speer, of Summerville; one
'brother, Earl Williams, of Trion;
। one grandson, Gregory Alex Wll
' liams and one daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Vera Hemphill Williams, of
Summerville.
Active pallbearers were Billy
(Joe and Robert Speer, Hoyt and
Fred Williams and Adrian How
i ell.
Honorary pallbearers were L.
C. Dalton, L. W Mitchell, R L.
Lambert, James King. W. E.
Turner. Dayton Pledger. Walt
Dalton, Gordon Allen. Dr. H. D.
Brown. Archie Warren, Dennis
Cox, Mr Dunn. Lester D. Bryant,
Bob Blankenship. Paul Holt and
Duke Espy.
J D. Hill Funeral Home, of
Summerville, in charge of ar
i rangements.
B. & P. W. Club Has
Christmas Party
The Summerville Business and
Professional Women’s Club held
their Christmas meeting at
John's Place on the evening of
December 8.
A short business session pre
ceded the informal program
planned for the occasion.
Miss Beulah Shropshire, the
club’s president, appointed a
committee composed of Mrs. W.
H Boyd. Miss Wiinla Pace and
Mrs Raymund Daniel to study
plans for a county-wide Health
Council.
Following the business meet -,
Ing, Miss Shropshire presented
Mrs Duke Espy and Mrs. Bob
Baker as special guests of the
(evening. Under the direction of
Mrs Espy, the club members, in
groups of six and eight, and
later as a whole, sang all their
favorite Christmas carols Mrs.
Baker sang two solo numbers.
Mrs W E. Turner and Mrs Joe
Hayes acted as eniis.saiies of
Santa Claus and presented gifts
to all
IL A. >l. Io Elect
Officers Sat. A’iglit
"A regular convocation of Trion
Chapter No. 19 R A. M. will be
held Saturday evening at 7:30.
All Royal Arch Masons are in
vited.
Election of officers will be
held. Ted H Martin secretary
has announced. He urges all
members to attend
Judging in Decoration
Contest Is On Monday
Membership Drive
Os Chamber is
Underway Here
The current membership drive
of the Chamber of Commerce
v/as the topic of discussion Tues- (
day morning when the directors I
of the Chamber met in the court
house.
All directors have been given
a list of persons to contact re
garding their membership.
Vice president J. T. Morgan'
presided at the meeting in the
absence of President Fred Al- ■
dred. Mrs. Mary John Fowler
read the minutes of the last 1
meeting.
The next meeting will be held
Tuesday, Jan. 10, at Riegeldale
Tavern, Trion, and will be a
dutch affair.
Miss Kirk Presents
Rotary Program
Miss Bess Kirk, director of
Senior class play, “Miss Blue
Bonnet,” was presented at the (
regular meeting of the Rotary!
Club at Riegeldale Tavern (
Wednesday.
Miss Kirk entertained the club (
with two girls’ chourses and a (
folk dance by Charlotte McGin- (
nis and Julia Rackley.
This is a part of the program
to be presented by local talent
and sponsored by the Senior
class at the High School audi
torium Dec. 20.
The Rev. Henry Walker in
troduced Miss Kirk.
The club had as guests E. M
Rackley Jr., of Summerville, and
Joe Howard, of Chattanooga
Visiting Rotarians were: Leroy
C. Train and John Gilliam, both I
[of Chattanooga.
| The annual Christmas party ।
( will be held next week.
Don't Forget Yanks,
Theme of Drive for
Hospitalized Vets
“Don’t forget a Yank who (
I gave.”
That’s the slogan of a current
nation-wide drive to see that all
( hospitalized veterans have a
I merry Christmas.
On his radio show, Eddie Can
tor is sparking the drive, which
is being held with the coopera
| tion of the Retail Merchants
Association and the Veterans
service organizations, such as
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion.
Here’s the way the plan works:
Any person wishing to buy a
gift for a hospitalized veteran
may leave it at any store in
Summerville and the gift will be
picked up by members of the
VFW or American Legion and
' turned over to veterans hospitals
for distribution.
Local veterans organizations
leaders emphasized that there
are many veterans who will not
be aware that Christmas is here,
except by seeing what others get
They urge that Chattoogans
not “forget a Yank who gave."
Time Changed for
"Miss Blue Bonnet"
The time of the play. Miss
Blue Bonnet," sponsored bv the'
(Summerville High School Sen-1
1 lor Class, has been changed, it
was disclosed vesterdav
A matinee will be presented at (
1 o'clock this afternoon and an ,
i vtnlng performance will be giv-1
in at 8 p m Friday. Dec. 16. at (
the high school auditorium.
A poster contest is in progress
n the schools in connection with
ithe play. The room having the;
nicest poster on disnlay in town (
will receive a cash prize
The play is n three-act musi- .
cal comedy, under the direction;
■4 Miss Bess Kirk.
Bobby Lee Cook will play the .
pnrt of Dr Evans, n genial, com
nlaining. fun-pokin’ country
doctor; and Maric Allmon will
nlay his sharp-tonvued wife, Mrs
Evans Bettye Kirk will nlay the
part of their marriageable
daughter. Magnolia. Dr. R. E
.Davison will be Burton Hills, a
gosnel-singer with whom Mag
nolia imagines herself in love.
Donald Woods will play in the
never-to-be-forgotten role of
Frog Pond" Stout
Mrs Jewel Rudicll. Dorothy
Brogdon and Mrs. June Cook also
will have parts tn the play
$1.50 PER YEAR
Those who have not entered
the Christmas decoration con
test here were reminded this
week that the judging will take
place Monday night, Dec. 19.
Twelve persons have indicat
ed that they will compete in the
home-decoration contest. The
winner will receive a $25 sav
ings bond.
The merchant in Summerville
with the most beautifully deco
rated window will also receive a
$25 savings bond.
This contest is being spon
sored by the Summerville Retail
Merchants Association.
Those entering the home deco
ration contest include Mrs. Bill
Espy, Mrs. W. T. Gist, J. D. Hill
Funeral Heme, Mrs. Sam Cordle,
Mrs. Hubert Palmer, Mrs. Charl
es Fink. Mrs. Marshall Lowery,
Mrs. Frank Prince, Mrs. Billy
Allen, Mrs. Mamie Gilreath and
Mrs. A. G. Dunson.
MRS. W. J. HOGG, 60,
D'ES IN MENLO SUN.
Mrs. Sallie Hollis Hogg, 60, died
at her home in Menlo, late Fri
day afternoon.
Mrs. Hogg had been in ill
health since the death of her
husband two months ago.
Mrs. Hogg was an active mem
ber of the Menlo Church of
Christ.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Ben D. Crain; two brothers,
Robert Hollis, of Atlanta, and
Jim Hollis, of Lyerly; one sister,
Mrs. Roy Gayler, of Lyerly; two
grandchildren, Margaret and
Billy Crain, of Menlo.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Menlo Church of
Christ, of which she was a mem
ber at 3:30 p. m. Saturday with
Brother Farris Baird officiating.
Pallbearers were: Charlie and
Raymond Gayler. Thomas, Hugh
and Max Hogg and Warner Wil
son. Interment was in the Alpine
Cemetery. J. D Hill Funeral
Home in charge of the arrange
i mentA
DEATH CLAIMS
GENTRY CHILD
Gene Mack Gentry. 14 month
old son of Mr and Mrs. Robert
( L. Gentry, of RFD 3, Summer
ville died at his home Tuesday,
; Dec. 6, at 9:05 a. m.
Besides his parents he is sur
vived by two sisters, Foye Lee
Gentry, and Mattie Sue Gentry,
both of Summerville: five broth
ers; William H.. Edward, Robert.
Joseph. James R., and Marvin
F Gentry, all of Summerville;
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W
R Dawson and Mrs. Robert
Gentry.
Funeral services were con
ducted from Macedonia Meth
odist Church at 2:30 p. m. Wed
nesday with the Rev. W. E. Pur-
( cell officiating. Interment was in
. the church yard cemetery with
J D. Hill Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
"Joy Gift" Program
Here Sunday, Dec. 18
The “Joy Gift” program of
■ the Summerville Presbyterian
( Church will be held at 7 p. m.
Sunday, Dec 18 as a part of
| the series of special Christmas
programs being held at this
(church.
The theme of this program is
| "Joy to the World."
A transcribed radio program
will be presented over a local
1 radio station at 2:30 p. m Fri
day, Dec 23. It will feature the
church choir singing Christmas
music.
A special program was presen-
I ted at the church last Sunday
frat urine the church choir
SEEN ABOUT TOWN
A lot of gaily lighted Christ
mas trees in the business see
| tion.
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Several homes with gorgeous
and lavish Christmas decora
tions.
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Or heard about town.
Christmas carols beaming
forth from a loud speaker on
Commerce St.
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Pretty bags of bright or
anges on trucks and in store
windows.
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Many, many children on
their way to the benefit movie,
each with a toy in his hand.
Christ.